HyperDic: literalize

English > 1 sense of the word literalize:
VERBcognitionliteralize, literalisemake literal
English > literalize: 1 sense > verb 1, cognition
Meaningmake literal.
PatternSomebody ----s something
Example"literalize metaphors"
Synonymliteralise
Broaderinterpret, construe, seemake sense of
Oppositespiritualize, spiritualiseGive a spiritual meaning / meaning to

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